By Graham Harris

A rigorous exploration of the scientific background to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, ranging from the geological processes underlying the catastrophe to the ancient economics of the Dead Sea region.

By Roger H. Guichard Jr

A riveting account of one of Europe's earliest scientific explorations of Egypt, as conducted by Carsten Niebuhr in 1761–62, showing how his attention to detail and freedom from scriptural bias helped lay the foundations of Egyptology.